[Antoninus]

He’s not very good, either. He’s pro-choice as the pro-death people like to call themselves.

Ridge also has a bad record on taxes. When PA had a surplus, he set up a "rainy day fund" instead of refunding the money to the taxpayers. Of course, when Democrat Fast Eddie Rendell got into office, every day was a rainy day.

Let's not go there.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

I support Palin as well...but I have to (sort of) defend Tom Ridge. Yes, he did not lower taxes back during PA's surplus days, but in all fairness, the Legistlature and Senate in Harrisburg (all full timers--no amatuer pols in PA!) were (and still are) strongly entrenched Dims...so Tom did play against a stacked deck.

Ridge is also not terribly flamboyant; but he does speak well and is intelligent. Though he is not my first (or fifth) choice, he would not be a disaster....and he paid his 'dues' by being Homeland Security Czar and instituting that waay cool color coding system. Thankfully, the programs he instituted have kept us in an 'Elmo free' zone .